A digital humanities project at the University of Rochester

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The complex political and cultural relationship between the German state and the Ottoman Empire is explored through the lens of the Ottoman Railway network, its architecture, and material culture. With lines extending from Bosnia to Baghdad to Medina, the Ottoman Railway Network (1868–1919) was the pride of the empire and its ultimate emblem of modernization—yet it was largely designed and bankrolled by German corporations. This exemplifies a uniquely ambiguous colonial condition in which the interests of Germany and the Ottoman Empire were in constant flux. German capitalists and cultural figures sought influence in the Near East, including access to archaeological sites such as Tell Halaf and Mshatta. At the same time, Ottoman leaders and laborers urgently pursued imperial consolidation. Germany and the Ottoman Railways explores the impact of these political agendas as well as the railways’ impact on the built environment. Relying on a trove of previously unpublished archival materials, including maps, plans, watercolors, and photographs, author Peter H. Christensen also reveals the significance of this major infrastructure project for the budding disciplines of geography, topography, art history, and archaeology.

Postulates a new lexicon for architectural transformation derived from the specific case of German–Turkish intellectual and architectural exchanges in the period after World War I period. Akcan’s articulation suggests a useful paradigm for written analysis of the architectural morphologies in this study.

Study of the history, evolution, and structure of artisanal groups in Ottoman culture. This work is crucial for understanding the nature of groups in this study who are not part of the written records and whose actions must be interpolated through the technological means proposed in this project.

Discussion of the ethical implications of biometrics software with some theoretical implications for this study, particularly as they relate to the ability for pixel-based data to function as empirical evidence.

Tuck, Joseph Hugh. Canadian Railways and the International Brotherhoods: Labor Organization in the Railway Running Trades in Canada, 1865-1914. PhD diss. London, ON: University of Western Ontario, 1976.